Welcome into this short talk today on connecting with the energy of the world we are living in and how to navigate that to make sure you are not putting a pause on your own personal dreams,
Goals and the energy that you want to be in.
I'm Scarlet.
I'm a therapist and a meditation teacher.
And part of why I actually wanted to start doing more talks here at Insight Timer is because amongst the kind of meditations that I offer and things like that,
I wanted to connect with you just by,
I suppose,
Chatting whilst you're going about your daily life.
And with my work as a therapist,
I realized that I see so many people talk to me about how they feel and talk to me about how they sort of feel.
Maybe they're the only ones thinking this feeling this and I realised that I have that,
I suppose that privilege of hearing all of these confidential thoughts and feelings people share.
And sometimes I just wish I could say to my client in that room,
Oh my gosh,
If only you could hear the last appointment that I had and what the person before you said,
Because there are so many threads of similarity.
And although I can't do that and I can't share that due to the nature of my work,
I suppose I want to chat freely here to you as a listener to,
Even if there's just one thing I say in these talks that makes you feel less alone and makes you feel like,
Oh wow,
Scarlet thinks that,
Or she's thought that,
Or maybe some of her clients think and feel that,
Or she's heard that before,
And maybe I'm not alone in thinking and feeling that too.
So that's my intention here,
And you can listen to these talks just as you're walking,
Moving around,
Going about your life,
Or however you want to listen to them.
And so today I wanted to Just recognize really with you how the energy we're living in and the world that we're living in is such a,
I mean,
It's just such a crazy time.
And I feel like I know we've probably been saying that for a good few years.
I'm not going to be the first person telling you that.
But should we just take a moment together to realize just how huge that is and what a toll that takes on everyone humans what toll it's taking on us all.
I think that it's really hard to feel like you can comfortably thrive at the moment.
You know,
Whether that is,
Okay,
Actually I'm thriving in one area,
But actually this and this and this,
These other areas,
Because of the world we're living in,
The changes we're going through,
Tech,
AI,
Everything that's going on,
Wars,
Turbulence,
I think what I'm seeing in people is it's really hard to feel as though I actually have the ability that I can grasp in my hand to thrive.
And it's got me thinking about how although there may be plenty of truth in that,
Of course,
We are living in these turbulent times.
We are living right on the cusp of the unknown.
But I think because of how unknown things are feeling.
I know for myself,
I'm alone.
At times almost a bit in pause mode if i'm honest i'm sort of a bit like i don't really know what i'm pausing for but i'm sort of just holding my breath i'm holding my breath on Is the world just about to change overnight?
What's it going to look like tomorrow?
What's it going to look like next week?
Who knows what it's going to look like a year from now.
And I've got a feeling there's this pause going on amongst many of you.
This pause that I guess if it's short term,
It could feel OK,
Right,
To have a little pause.
But It's stretching out now,
This pause,
Right?
It's like,
Ooh,
Where do I make a move?
When do I make a move?
What do I do next?
Because anything feels like it could change at any moment.
And so I've got thinking about for you.
What can you do amongst that?
Because if you are pausing.
.
.
You're holding your breath,
You're finding yourself too going,
Where are we about to head here as a collective?
Then I would love you to just think about how you could,
Yes,
Be in that,
Sure,
Because it's quite hard,
Like I say,
To feel like we can just totally thrive whilst we're in so much unknown.
Yet at the same time,
I'm going to sound like I'm contradicting myself,
But yet at the same time,
Do you need to be pausing like that?
And more specifically,
Are you pausing at the moment?
Any dreams,
Goals,
Beliefs,
Ideas around how you'd like your life to look?
Things that you'd love to actually manifest that you think that would be amazing if I could do that but oh well the world's in this crazy place I can't possibly have that for myself right now.
I drew a couple of cards when I was sitting down to record this talk,
And interestingly,
The two cards that fell out of the pack of cards I've got here are the word Stretch and the word Decide,
Which I thought was really interesting based on this.
The word Stretch here in this card says,
Stretch,
May you extend your reach.
The word Decide says,
Decide,
May you navigate with purpose.
So,
These two words are not pulls,
And there literally is a word in this particular pack of cards that I've got called pulls.
That didn't come out.
Pulls,
You know,
Stagnate,
Sit still,
Don't do anything.
They didn't come out.
You know,
Obviously,
If you are particularly struggling at the moment,
First and foremost,
We need to just be looking after ourselves and think of that kind of Maslow's hierarchy of needs,
Base level needs to be covered.
But outside of that,
If you're not in a real moment of crisis,
Then is there space for you to stretch,
Even though the world is being pulled in all sorts of directions?
Are you closing yourself down and are you saying,
Know,
Well,
I'll just stay the same or I'll stay small because it's quite scary out there.
Or is there actually room in your own life,
Your own alignment,
Your own purpose here to still stretch despite the change?
It's like,
OK,
You don't we don't know where we're heading,
But that doesn't mean you can't stretch.
That doesn't mean you can actually activate maybe specific dreams you've got.
You know,
Do you have a dream of setting up a creative business that you've been putting on hold?
Writing something you've been putting on hold.
I mean,
It could be a relationship,
It could be anything,
But if you are pausing,
I would just give yourself some space to ask yourself,
Why?
Because I could be pausing for a long time.
We could go through a 20,
30-year turbulence here as a planet.
And if I'm just pausing all that time,
Where could I be in 20 years' time if I actually allow myself to stretch,
To decide to do that,
Versus where might I be if I Is it still and wait?
What I'm saying is maybe you don't need to wait amongst all of this.
Are there things that you are waiting on?
And maybe right now is as good a time as ever.
You know that phrase of,
What's the phrase around diamonds of how they,
Diamonds get formed under pressure.
You know,
Diamonds specifically are there going,
Right,
There's pressure,
Let's form amongst that.
And as a planet,
We are in a huge huge amount of pressure.
And so if for you,
You're not in total crisis in this moment,
And you're not in super dysregulation,
And you're relatively okay,
But you're just pausing,
Holding your breath,
Not going for certain dreams that you do want.
Is this a call for you to say,
Actually,
Maybe it's time i start doing that not in a way of putting pressure on yourself in a negative way but in a way of amongst the pressure on the planet Maybe I can actually form something amazing right now for myself,
For my own life.
Can you decide to do that?
I'd love to know your thoughts on this topic.
And once you've listened to this,
You know,
Write back,
Write in the comments what you feel.
And if anything,
Like I say,
I just hope this may have maybe just untethered,
Shaken something in even in your subconscious of recognizing where you might be at based on how the world is.
And is there room for you?
To stretch?
Is there room for you to not be waiting too much,
Pausing too much here?
So i'll leave you with that come and join me for a meditation if that's what you now need or do what you need to after this and i'll see you again soon
